Wednesday, September 28, 2011

What advantages does 35mm film have over high-end digital?

Question

In this day and age, do 35mm film cameras have any advantages over high-end digital cameras?

EDIT: I was thinking more quality-wise but sure, other aspects are interesting, too.

Answer

I don't think we can talk about quality difference anymore. The definite difference, in my opinion, is the need of power of digital cameras. If you are going mountain climbing then a film camera might be more appropriate since mountains still lack power plugs.

Also, film cameras have a very low starting price. If you are a novice it is economically convenient to be able to have an SLR for almost nothing just to see if you like photography.

Other than that, there's the love some people have for manually developing film, but that's about it from my point of view.

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